Category: Human Rights Council

SRI LANKA: Serious Concerns Affecting Sri Lanka’s Judiciary

5th Session - 2007 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Commission on Human Rights, Countries, documents, Sri Lanka, Written Submissions May 31, 2007August 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2007 AL-012-2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifth session A Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, supported by the Law and Society Trust, Sri Lanka SRI LANKA:  Serious Concerns Affecting Sri Lanka’s Judiciary 1. Introduction Sri Lanka’s legal system was originally a combination of the Roman-Dutch Law and English Law. The present system of judicial administration and organization is based on the current Constitution, introduced in 1978. The judiciary comprises the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Provincial High Courts, District Courts, Magistrates’ Courts and Primary Courts. The Supreme Court is the country’s highest court, headed by the Chief Justice and comprising between six and […]

INDIA: Widespread corruption in the Public Food Distribution System causing starvation deaths

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2007 AL-011-2007 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Fifth session A Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre INDIA: Widespread corruption in the Public Food Distribution System causing starvation deaths The Prime Minister of India in his foreword in the ‘Report to The People’ dated May 22, 2007, claims: “In this 60th year of independence, the country should have the satisfaction of recording for the fifth year in a succession a rate of economic growth of over 8.5%.”  [1] The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) however is not sure whether the estimated over 200 million Indians who are presently suffering from malnourishment, and the many more […]

4th Session – 2007 March

4th Session - 2007 June, ALRC AT THE UN, Human Rights Council March 18, 2007August 19, 2015 admin 0 Comments

4th Session of the UN Human Rights Council BANGLADESH – council member: 1. Extra-judicial killing and impunity in Bangladesh | [ Word Format [ PDF Format] 2. The State of Emergency in Bangladesh | [ Word Format]   [ PDF Format ] CAMBODIA: 3. Land-grabbing, corruption and the absence of the rule of law in Cambodia | [ Word Format]   [ PDF Format] INDONESIA – council member: 4. The question of impunity in Indonesia | [ Word Format] [PDF Format] 5. Failure to implement the recommendations of the Committee Against Torture allows for the continuing widespread use of torture | [Word Format] [ PDF Format] MYANMAR:  6. Myanmar’s degraded judiciary and […]